Holder for amusement device



p 1964 M. J. RUDERIAN 3,146,925.

HOLDER FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed 001:. 25, 1962 IIVVENTOI? MAX RUDERIAN BY w ATTURNEYS United States Patent Filed Oct. 25, 1962, Ser. No. 233,088 1 Claim. c1. 224- This invention relates generally to supporting devices and more particularly to a novel holder for an amusement device to enable suspending of the device from a portion of a persons clothing.

For purposes of illustrating the present invention, the holder will be described in conjunction with the carrying of a Yo-Yo. It should be understood, however, that the principles are applicable to other similar types of amusement devices.

The Yo-Y0 is a well known toy and still enjoys considerable popularity. Generally, the Yo-Yo is made up of a pair of rotatable members secured together by a central shaft about which a string may be wound. This construction does not lend itself to easy carrying about. Thus, the device is somewhat bulky to be carried directly in a childs pocket and yet the child does not always Wish to hold the Yo-Yo in his hand.

With the above in mind, it is a primary object of this invention to provide a very simple holder particularly adaptable for use with a Yo-Yo to the end that a person such as a child may readily carry the Yo-Yo about and yet have it instantly available for use.

More particularly, it is an object to provide a novel holder for a Yo-Yo which may be extremely economically manufactured so that if sold with a conventional Yo-Yo, the overall price. will not be appreciably greater than that of the Yo-Yo itself.

Briefly, these and other objects and advantages of this invention are attained by providing a holder for a Yo- Yo adapted to be received between the rotatable members of the Yo-Yo to cradle a portion of the central shaft extending between the members. With this arrangement, the rotatable members extend on either side of the cradling portion of the holder and thus the Yo-Yo is securely held. Another portion of the member terminates in suitable means for securing the same to a portion of a persons clothing.

In its preferred embodiment, the holder is in the form of a stamping of general S-shape, the upper portion of the S-shape defining a hook for securement to a portion of a persons clothing and the lower portion of the S-shape defining a reversely directed hook adapted to cradle the shaft between the rotatable members comprising the Yo- Yo. Since a simple stamping is provided, the holder may be very economically manufactured.

A better understanding of the invention will be had by now referring to the preferred embodiment thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of the holder of this invention showing the same as used for carrying about a Yo-Yo;

FIGURE 2 is an end elevational view taken generally in the direction of the arrows 22 of FIGURE 1; and,

FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view of the holder itself without the Yo-Yo.

Referring first to FIGURE 1, the holder comprises a generally S-shaped stamping 111 having an upper hook portion 11 and a lower hook portion 12. These hook portions may be defined by cutouts as shown to provide the general S-shape. As shown, the upper hook portion 11 is adapted to be secured to a portion of a persons clothing such as a stay 13 for the persons belt 14. The lower hook portion in turn defines a cradle structure for cradling the central shaft 15 of the Yo-Yo.

With particular reference to FIGURE 2, it will be noted that the central shaft 15 secures together first and second rotatable members 16 and 17 defining the Yo- Yo. A string adapted to be wound about the shaft 15 is illustrated at 18. It will be noted that the thickness d of the stamping 111 is less than the separation distance D between the rotatable members 16 and 17 as measured axially along the central shaft 15. Thus, the rotatable members 16 and 17 may extend downwardly on either side of the lower hook-shape portion 12 of the stamping 111 so that the central shaft 15 is cradled within the hook portion 12 as illustrated in the dotted lines of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 illustrates clearly the stamping 10 itself wherein the S-shape structure is clear. The stamping could be made symmetrical about a transverse horizontal axis of desired so that either the hook portion 11 or the hook portion 12 could be employed to cradle the central shaft of the Yo-Yo.

It should be understood that while the hook portion 11 has been illustrated as being secured to the stay 13 of a persons belt 14, the hook portion could be hooked directly over the belt or even to the edge of a persons pocket.

Further, it should be understood that since the holder constitutes an integral stamping, it may be stamped out in large quantities extremely economically. Thus, if sold with the Yo-Yo itself, the overall price will not be appreciably greater than the price of the Yo-Y0 alone.

While only the one particular embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be under stood that the principles of the holder may be employed even with slightly different shaped structures from that specifically shown in the drawings. The invention is therefore not to be thought of as limited to the exact embodiment set forth merely for illustrative purposes.

What is claimed is:

A holder for an amusement device of the type comprising rotatable members secured together by a central shaft with a string adapted to be wound thereabout, said holder comprising: an integral stamping in the form of a fiat sheet of thicknesses less than the distance between said rotatable members as measured along said shaft, said sheet having cut-out portions defining an upper hook portion adapted to be secured to a portion of a persons clothes and a lower hook portion defining a cradle for receiving said central shaft so that said members lie on either side of said lower hook portion to engage opposite sides of said sheet, the plane of said upper and lower hook portions lying in the plane of said sheet whereby said amusement device may be carried by said holder.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 995,686 Koch June 20, 1911 1,025,964 Costuma May 14, 1912 1,618,573 Cole Feb. 22, 1927 2,244,572 Rawlins June 3, 1941 2,423,531 Theis July 8, 1947 

